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Twenty-seven-year-old CPI(M) legislator elected from Baluserri K.M. Sachindev is the youngest legislator and 79-year-old Kerala Congress legislator P. J. Joseph elected again from Thodupuzha constituency, the eldest legislator of the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly.
The youngest to contest the April 6 elections to the Legislative Assembly was 26-year-old K. M. Abhijith of Congress from Kozhikode North, Aritha Babu (26 years) from Kayamkulam and the eldest BJP’s candidate 88-year-old E. Sreedharan from Palakkad constituency. But, luck did not favour these candidates.
Still, Mathew T. Thomas holds the record for being the youngest legislator elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Mr. Thomas was 25 years, six months and one day old when he was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 1987 elections from Thiruvalla constituency. Mr. Thomas was elected this time also from Thiruvalla on a Janata Dal Secular ticket.